Guest Nicwit,

Wow! A lot of wisdom and experience in the above posts. May you find strength in their words, to support you in beating this thing. Never having been a smoker, I have no first hand advice to offer, but even if I had been one, there is nothing I could add to what's been said so well, above. I watched my mother suffer for many years before her death 2 years ago from emphysema. I begged her for years to quit, and she finally did, but it was too late for her.

Congratulations, Nicwit. You are a now non-smoker. All the best to you.